Took up stealing Yen here? (5)
I believe the answer is:
tokyo
'here?' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'took up stealing yen' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates an anagram (letters get chucked up).
'stealing' is an insertion indicator.
'yen' becomes 'y' (resembles the symbol for the currency of Japan).
'took' with letters rearranged gives 'toko'.
'toko' going around 'y' is 'TOKYO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tokyo that I've seen before include "Japanese capital" , "Far Eastern capital" , "Kyoto (anag)" , "eastern city" , "City once called Edo" .)